as the sun sets on the prairie...

sitting here, right before bed, thinking...

I'm hungry...

;0)

just went out after supper was over and the dishes were done...

in a panic...

I had no photos of today!

Miss A, our neighbor girlie, wanted to walk Charlie...

and there is a tomato that is ripening...

and the beans are climbing the tomatoes...

?

but we sat in back a while and watched the shadows fall across the fields...

and I love how the sun lights up the elevator...

Miss A had a good time...

she is up for Miss Coles County...

and the fair time is fast approaching...

she had practice tonight for it, but when they got there...

since it was the last night of it...

they threw them a little party instead...

she is a talker...

and she has never met a stranger...

ever...

and she caught a lightening bug to show you...

;0)

there's the beans...

and she walked around the yard with me and talked and talked...

and she loved the hydrangea...

and she asked for one to give to her mama...

today is her birthday...

so we picked one for her...

and then her grandma called her home...

and the rest of the night has been pretty peaceful...

DH worked 12 hours and doing is again tomorrow...

so he was in bed right after this was taken...

isn't this weather just the berries?

I am so digging these cooler days and even cooler nights...

got long sleeves and socks on...

;0)

it was just a gorgeous day out there...

and in here with the windows open...

 the blankets are piled up high...

and its awesome to snuggle in under them...

and poor Charlie has been sleeping under them, too...

I love the feeling of sinking into a bed...

and everything coming up around you to keep you warm...

I am thinking if winter was this green a lush and nice in the day time...

it wouldn't be such a bad season...

maybe we should take a vote and have that changed...

;0)

who's with me?

sunrise this morning...

there was a heavy dew out and everything was pretty wet...

I didn't hit the bed until 3am, so after DH left for work...

I climbed back in bed for a couple of hours...

after checking the thermometer...

I decided the only sane place to be was back under the covers...

I did get a few shots in though...

before cuddling with Charlie...

he was sure happy to go back to bed!

beans are looking really good...

but they need the heat back to make...

so does the corn...

two ears to a stalk this year and the yields will be high...

and the price of corn has already dropped...

Craig had today off so we cooked like madmen...

got enough made up to last a few days...

got the windows open...

and the weather guy says 52 tonight...

blankets on the bed...

got a sweat shirt on and might just sleep in one, too...

this is the coolest July here that I have ever seen...

its usually so stinkin' hot that you can only get out early in the mornings...

or late in the evening...

its even too cool to sit on the deck or lay on my bed out there...

might have to drag out the electric heater in the morning...

because DH would have a coronary if I turned the furnace on in July!

;0)

hope you are having good days to get out and play a bit...

because I am sure the sun will heat us up again soon enough...

;0)

catching up...

my guys picking green beans on Saturday evening...

we had to all help, the sun was going down fast...

because around here...

green beans are serious business...

and we heard we could get 5-8 inches of rain...

thankfully, that didn't happen....

and my guy Sunday morning...

and it was hot and humid, but he need protection from the bush...

he was going in...

he is inside the bush cutting out a walnut that was heading for our power lines...

and there's part of it...

the rest of it was loaded onto the truck and taken to the city dump...

Charlie was concerned about his dad...

Hermie was concerned about Charlie...

the walnut grew up in the center of the bush, and then the bush grew around it...

we cannot get the root ball out at all without hurting the bush...

weirdest thing I have ever seen...

DH also cut some branches back from the tree next to it...

just to make sure nothing grows up into the power lines...

as Hermie kept Charlie from doing anything stupid...

you know how pups can be...

and then today...

it was a bit cooler, so Charlie and I headed out...

and I thought what a nice afternoon to read out here...

went back in and grabbed a book and my glasses...

and somewhere between the kitchen and the living room...

the wind picked up...

that quick...

it was blowing Charlie backwards...

and it started sprinkling...

and the wind blew some more...

and I never did get that book opened out there...

and then the skies really opened up...

and it literally dropped 20 degrees in about 15 minutes...

we were about 80 and then it was 61...

but after the rain, it went back up to the lower 70s...

so this is where the reading happened...

after I put my sweater on...

I did get this photo of Charlie after we came in...

it was really dark in here and I will try again on a sunny day...

I guess we are going to have a cool week now...

and I called my doctor and have a 9am on Friday to just check in and bring him up to date on me...

and to welcome him back...

;)

just a quick comment here...

I have noticed that not too many are posting anymore...

or not very often...

I do miss everyone, but hope you are having a good summer...

and are just too busy having fun to blog...

;)

mid July Sunday drive on the prairie...

welcome to God's country...

sit back and relax...

and take it all in...

DH and I haven't done one of these in quite some time...

and it was so nice...

update on Daisy Mae...

she is now known as Mittens and is with her forever family...

they picked her up this afternoon...

and she's already won them over...

she did excellent on eating hard food, lapping water and using the poopy box...

so I let her go...

good family...

;)

happy ending beginning...

blessings to all of you...

;)